This block contains the information about Lena Olin and provides an insight into the life of the celebrity. From here you can also learn when, how and why the profession of an actor was chosen. Some interesting facts are waiting for you here.

Lena Maria Jhonna Olin was born in March 1955 in the capital of Sweden. She was born in a family of an actor of the cinema (her father) and of a theatre actress. After graduating the school she worked as a nurse for some time in a local hospital, also she worked as a teacher who was replacing other teachers who went to some conferences or were simply missing their work due to some reasons. Since 1976- til 1979 she was studying in the National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Stockholm where she was between the best and most talented, creative students. In 1975 she won the contest “Miss Scandinavia”.
Since 1980-till 1991 she worked in the Stockholm’s Royal Dramatic Theatre, where she performed in the majority of spectacles.
In cinema she debut in 1976 while performing a small role in a movie by Ingmar Bergman “Face to face”. But she became famous right after the release of the movies: “After the rehearsal” which was filmed by Ingmar Bergman in 1984 (after she performed in his first movie she became his muse who was bringing him luck) and in “Intolerable easiness of being” which was directed by Philip Kauffman in 1988. After that the actress was invited to perform in Hollywood.
The actress is actively performing in the cinema, between the movies in which she played are projects directed by such famous movie producers like: Roman Polanski and Sidney Lumet.

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Lena Olin filmography

Here you can learn about the movies Lena Olin acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos

Budget

Year

Opening weekend

US box Office

Hollywood Homicide - Ruby

$75M

2003

$11.1M

$30M

Mystery Men - Dr. Anabel Leek

$65M

1999

$10M

$29.7M

The Ninth Gate - Liana Telfer

$38M

1999

$6.62M

$18.7M

The Shipping News - Very Special Thanks

$35M

2001

$319K

$11.4M

Queen of the Damned - Maharet

$35M

2002

$14.8M

$30.3M

The Reader - Rose Mather/Ilana Mather

$32M

2008

$168K

$34.2M

Havana - Bobby Duran

$30M

1990

$9.24M

Chocolat - Josephine Muscat

$25M

2000

$158K

$71.3M

The Cider House Rules - Very Special Thanks

$24M

1999

$110K

$57.5M

The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Sabina

$17M

1988

$10M

Remember Me - Diane Hirsch

$16M

2010

$8.09M

$19.1M

Romeo Is Bleeding - Mona Demarkov

$11.5M

1993

$3.28M

Darkness - Maria

$10.6M

2002

$6.16M

$22.2M

Awake - Lilith Beresford

$8.6M

2007

$5.86M

$14.4M

Devil You Know - Kathryn Vale

$2M

2009

Grдsдnklingar - Nina

1982

Taboo - Girl (uncredited)

1977

Flight North - Karin

1986

Friends - Sue

1988

A Matter of Life and Death - Nadja Melander

1986

Lena Olin video

This part provides videos with Lena Olin. It is always interesting to see the star on the screen whether it is an interview, movie, or just some video shots from life or professional carrier, etc. Enjoy your viewing!

Welcome to Sweden: Exclusive Featurette with Lena Olin & Greg Poehler

The Reader - Exclusive: Lena Olin Interview

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